FTIR and EDX spectrum library of contaminants found on a HDD and their potential sources

1. A computer-implemented data collection for utilization in a physical contaminant failure analysis, said computer-implemented data collection comprising:

a material data set comprising information, stored in a data storage device of a computer system, associated with materials used in a component subject to a physical contaminant failure analysis process;

a source data set comprising information, stored in said data storage device of said computer system, associated with sources of said materials; and

an image data set, stored in said data storage device of said computer system, said image data set comprising graphical representations of said materials, said computer-implemented data collection for providing identification of said physical contaminant and a source of said physical contaminant.

2. The data collection as recited in claim 1 wherein said material data set further comprises an identifier for each material in said materials.

3. The data collection as recited in claim 1 wherein said material data set further comprises a description for each material in said materials.

4. The data collection as recited in claim 1 wherein said source data set further comprises process categorization and process information related to each material in said materials.

5. The data collection as recited in claim 1 wherein said graphical representations further comprise:

a transformed waveshape representing composition of each material in said materials.

6. The data collection as recited in claim 5 wherein said transformed waveshape comprises a Fourier Transformation performed on absorbed light applied on each material in said materials.

7. The data collection as recited in claim 5 wherein said transformed waveshape comprises an energy dispersive x-ray performed on absorbed light applied on each material in said materials.

8. A system for identification of a source of a physical contaminant, said system comprising:

means for transforming a generated image into a waveshape representative of composition of said physical contaminant;

means for accessing a material data set, said material data set comprising information associated with materials used in said component subject to a failure analysis process;

means for accessing a source data set, said source data set comprising information associated with sources of said materials;

means for comparing said waveshape with said information of said stored data collection;

means for identifying a source of said physical contaminant from said information of said data collection; and

means for storing said material data set and said source data set in a data storage device.

9. The system as recited in claim 8 wherein said means for accessing a stored data collection further comprises;

means for accessing an image data set, said image data set comprising waveshape representations of said materials.

10. The system as recited in claim 8 further comprising:

means for generating a transformed waveshape image representing each material associated with said component.

11. The system as recited in claim 10 wherein said means for generating a transformed waveshape further comprises:

means for performing a Fourier Transformation to achieve said transformed waveshape.

12. The system as recited in claim 10 wherein said means for generating a transformed waveshape further comprises:

means for performing an energy dispersive x-ray to achieve said transformed waveshape.

13. A computer-implemented method for physical contaminant source determination, said computer-implemented method comprising:

generating, using a computer system, a waveshape image representing a physical contaminant associated with a component in a failure analysis process;

comparing, using a computer system, said waveshape image with a computer-implemented data collection, said computer-implemented data collection comprising:

a material data set comprising information, stored in a data storage device of a computer system, associated with materials used in said component subject to said failure analysis process;

a source data set comprising information, stored in a data storage device of a computer system, associated with sources of said materials;

an image data set comprising transformed waveshape representations, stored in a data storage device of a computer system, of said materials associated with implementation of said component;

determining, using a computer system, a composition of said physical contaminant; and

determining, using a computer system, a source of said physical contaminant.

14. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising:

performing a spectroscopic transformation of a generated image to achieve said waveshape image and said transformed waveshape representations.

15. The method as recited in claim 14 wherein said performing a spectroscopic transformation further comprises:

performing a Fourier Transformation to achieve said analyzable waveshape image and said transformed waveshape representation.

16. The method as recited in claim 14 wherein said performing a spectroscopic transformation further comprises:

performing an energy dispersive x-ray transformation to achieve said analyzable waveshape image and said transformed waveshape representation.

17. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising;

matching said waveshape image to a transformed waveshape representation of said transformed waveshape representations to identify composition of said physical contaminant.

18. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising:

adding said waveshape image to said transformed waveshape representations upon determination of said waveshape image not matching a transformed waveshape representation of said transformed waveshape representations.